Child Care News
Educators to head outside for Outdoor Classroom Day
Mirage News - November 6, 2019Townsville City Council is encouraging educators to take their classes into the great outdoors this Thursday for Outdoor Classroom Day. Targeted at local kindergartens, childcare centres, schools and after hours school care centres, the day is aimed to give kids a different perspective on learning.
Goodstart Childcare lays out fresh model for corporate responsibility
The Canberra Times - Mike Steketee - November 5, 2019When Michael Traill, investment banker turned social entrepreneur, went touting for funds to make a bid for the collapsed childcare group ABC Learning 10 years ago, more than one person told him it was a flight of fancy. Why would hard-headed investors put their money into a venture...
Rogerscorp's MONARC health and childcare hub gets three pre-leases
Australian Financial Review - Su-Lin Tan - November 4, 2019Brisbane developer Rogerscorp has struck three pre-leases at its MONARC health and childcare hub in Everton Park, Brisbane, ahead of the start of construction. Harmony Early Learning Journey will open a 112-place childcare centre after agreeing terms on a 20-year lease...
New $7m early learning childhood centre offering chef-cooked meals opens in Frenchs Forest
The Daily Telegraph - Madelaine Wong, Manly Daily - November 4, 2019A $7 million state-of-the-art early learning childhood centre and preschool has opened at Frenchs Forest offering chef-cooked meals and veggie gardens, spanning over three levels. MindChamps Early Learning and Preschool Centre will start operating in January 2020 with capacity...
Evolve Education nets five childcare centres
The Market Herald - Fraser Palamara - November 4, 2019Evolve Education has spent $7.65 million as part of a new deal to add five Queensland and Victoria childcare centres to its roster. These combined centres allow for a daily capacity of 456 children per day. The centres join the company's major existing presence in Melbourne, as part of a total...
Think publishes scheme booklet for reorganisation and appoints director to TND board
The Sector - Jason Roberts - November 4, 2019In the wake of the Australian Federal Court approving a meeting of shareholders to consider and vote on the proposed scheme of arrangement to create a new stapled structure involving Think Childcare (TNK) and a new entity Think Childcare Development (TND), Think have published the ...
Ex G8 boss on march in childcare with Evolve
Australian Financial Review - Simon Evans - November 4, 2019The dual-listed childcare group Evolve Education now headed by Chris Scott, the former boss of Australia's biggest ASX-listed childcare firm G8 Education, has made its third acquisition in a month in Australia. Mr Scott is the biggest shareholder in Evolve and in August became managing director...
Childcare subsidy debt frustrates parents who say data was wiped from Centrelink accounts
ABC News - Allyson Horn - November 4, 2019When Lucy Ford got a letter from Centrelink telling her she'd been overpaid for her childcare subsidy, she couldn't believe it. She went back to check her working and childcare hours logged with Centrelink, searching for the overpayment. But the information she'd entered throughout the year had disappeared...
Three-year-olds head to school for pre-kindy pilot program
Brisbane Times - Jocelyn Garcia - November 3, 2019Three-year-old children will be able to go to school as part of a free pre-kindy pilot program in Queensland. Education Minister Grace said the $2.2 million KindyLinQ program would be trialled across 40 state schools from term one next year in an effort to ease the transition into kindergarten...
Investors snap up $125m of childcare centres and pizza outlets
The Sydney Morning Herald - Carolyn Cummins - November 2, 2019Investors have jumped into the commercial property sector with a vengeanc. In Sydney, the biggest sale of the day was a G8 Education-leased childcare centre in the city's south-west, which sold for $3.12 million on a 4.19 per cent yield. "The childcare asset class is going from strong to stronger..."
Childcare provider charged after toddlers escaped, ran onto busy road
The Age - Simone Fox Koob - November 1, 2019A Melbourne childcare provider has been charged and could be hit with huge fines after two toddlers escaped from one of its centres and ran onto a busy road as cars and trucks hit the brakes. Frightening dash-cam footage showed the two young children scampering across two lanes of traffic...
Car crashes into fence at Maudsland kindergarten
Herald Sun - Talisa Eley, Gold Coast Bulletin - November 1, 2019A car crashed into a Gold Coast kindergarten this afternoon. A police spokeswoman said the vehicle smashed into the kindergarten fence and went down an embankment near the corner of Maudsland Rd and Tuxedo Junction Dr just before 1pm. It is understood there was no damage to the kindy building.
Childcare centre for up to 94 children proposed for Moorebank
The Daily Telegraph - Cindy Ngo, Liverpool Leader - November 1, 2019Plans for a 94-place childcare centre in Moorebank have been lodged with Liverpool Council in a bid to meet growing demand for childcare services in the region. Sydney-based developer Fortis Development Group is behind the $1.25 million proposal which, if approved, would be...
136-year-old state heritage-listed tram barn at Prospect to become a childcare centre
The Advertiser - Celeste Villani, The City - November 1, 2019One of three remaining barns from Adelaide’s first public transport network will be converted into a childcare centre. Preschoolers will share in a slice of history following a decision to convert a 136-year-old state heritage-listed Prospect property into a childcare centre. Prospect Council’s...
Former Mandurah childcare worker faces sex charges
Mandurah Mail - Carla Hildebrandt - November 1, 2019A 22-year-old former Mandurah region childcare worker has been charged with sexually penetrating a child aged over 13 and under 16. The man has not yet entered a plea to the charge and is due to reappear in the Mandurah Magistrates Court on December 3. The man's Facebook profile said...
